Contributing to Open Ways
Guidelines for All Contributors
We welcome articles up to 3,000 words of a scholarly, historical, news/event, or how-to–nature; letters; music; poetry; rituals for group or solo-practitioners; personal experience; interviews; artwork; etc.
Honor plurality and diversity. Address issues of interest to pagans, Wiccan’s, polytheists, Buddhists, or nature spiritualists. Where appropriate, include bibliographic references, sidebars, and graphics.
Manuscripts will be accepted in any readable form; however we prefer articles via email if possible at editor@ninehouses.org
Manuscripts and letters selected for publication may be edited for clarity, brevity, accuracy, or editorial consistency. Always include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish your work returned. Never send your only copy!
The editors reserve the right to accept or reject any manuscript or work of art submitted for publication.
Contributing Columnists (reoccurring)
Column writing offers a lot of flexibility as well as a wide-ranging variety of topics on which to expound. Submit a proposal stating the intention of the column and frequency. Contributors that commit to being a reoccurring contributor to 4 or more issues will be given a complementary business card size advertisement.
Contributions may be:
• Regular features with the same by-line, title, and/or premise.
• Of a subject matter that is by nature practical (how-to), historical, literary, ethical, philosophical, educational, social, moral, political, inspirational, magical, or whatever happens to stoke your bellows.
• In a style appropriate for the subject matter, the author’s personal taste, and the editors guidelines of this publication.
Book reviews
We welcome and encourage your written book reviews. These do not need to be scholarly critiques of the material by someone with a lifetime of experience with the subject matter; often the best, most useful reviews are written by those with whom the readership can identify. The book you are reviewing does not need to be a new release. Readers are interested in your reaction to the book: did you enjoy it? Did it provoke any new ideas or changed for you? Was it useful?
Artwork
Open Ways encourages submissions of all kinds of artwork: Larger pieces for the cover, smaller works for illustration, and even smaller ones to accent and fill in. Please be sure your images are high quality .jpeg or .tif files with 300dpi. Need help, just ask!
Poetry
We regularly run poetry in each issue, and plan to continue this as long as we have the poems to do so. Poems should be of reasonable length and on Pagan/Wiccan topics. Ones that reflect your personal thoughts and experiences are preferred.
Reporting
Open Ways needs your stories of events, speakers, and public festivals in your area to share with our readers. Or maybe you went for a walk in the woods and had an interesting experience. These are stories you would share around the circle.
Send submissions to:
Open Ways Editor
PO Box 11183, Portland, OR 97211
or email to: editor@ninehouses.org or openwayseditor@gmail.com
OPEN WAYS DEADLINES
This deadline schedule is for all articles, artwork, announcements, events and advertisements.
Open Ways Submission Deadline Dates and Publication Dates
Open Ways Issue Submission Deadline Publication Date
Yule 2012 November 22 December 6
Imbolg 2012 January 5 January 19
Spring Equinox 2012 February 21 March 6
Beltane 2012 April 3 April 17
Summer Solstice 2012 May 23 June 6
Lughnasad 2012 July 4 July 18
Fall Equinox 2012 August 23 September 6
Samhain 2012 October 3 October 17
Submission deadlines are 4 weeks before the Sabbats and publication dates are 2 weeks before the Sabbats.
We welcome articles up to 3,000 words of a scholarly, historical, news/event, or how-to–nature; letters; music; poetry; rituals for group or solo-practitioners; personal experience; interviews; artwork; etc.
Honor plurality and diversity. Address issues of interest to pagans, Wiccan’s, polytheists, Buddhists, or nature spiritualists. Where appropriate, include bibliographic references, sidebars, and graphics.
Manuscripts will be accepted in any readable form; however we prefer articles via email if possible at editor@ninehouses.org
Manuscripts and letters selected for publication may be edited for clarity, brevity, accuracy, or editorial consistency. Always include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish your work returned. Never send your only copy!
The editors reserve the right to accept or reject any manuscript or work of art submitted for publication.
Contributing Columnists (reoccurring)
Column writing offers a lot of flexibility as well as a wide-ranging variety of topics on which to expound. Submit a proposal stating the intention of the column and frequency. Contributors that commit to being a reoccurring contributor to 4 or more issues will be given a complementary business card size advertisement.
Contributions may be:
• Regular features with the same by-line, title, and/or premise.
• Of a subject matter that is by nature practical (how-to), historical, literary, ethical, philosophical, educational, social, moral, political, inspirational, magical, or whatever happens to stoke your bellows.
• In a style appropriate for the subject matter, the author’s personal taste, and the editors guidelines of this publication.
Book reviews
We welcome and encourage your written book reviews. These do not need to be scholarly critiques of the material by someone with a lifetime of experience with the subject matter; often the best, most useful reviews are written by those with whom the readership can identify. The book you are reviewing does not need to be a new release. Readers are interested in your reaction to the book: did you enjoy it? Did it provoke any new ideas or changed for you? Was it useful?
Artwork
Open Ways encourages submissions of all kinds of artwork: Larger pieces for the cover, smaller works for illustration, and even smaller ones to accent and fill in. Please be sure your images are high quality .jpeg or .tif files with 300dpi. Need help, just ask!
Poetry
We regularly run poetry in each issue, and plan to continue this as long as we have the poems to do so. Poems should be of reasonable length and on Pagan/Wiccan topics. Ones that reflect your personal thoughts and experiences are preferred.
Reporting
Open Ways needs your stories of events, speakers, and public festivals in your area to share with our readers. Or maybe you went for a walk in the woods and had an interesting experience. These are stories you would share around the circle.
Send submissions to:
Open Ways Editor
PO Box 11183, Portland, OR 97211
or email to: editor@ninehouses.org or openwayseditor@gmail.com
OPEN WAYS DEADLINES
This deadline schedule is for all articles, artwork, announcements, events and advertisements.
Open Ways Submission Deadline Dates and Publication Dates
Open Ways Issue Submission Deadline Publication Date
Yule 2012 November 22 December 6
Imbolg 2012 January 5 January 19
Spring Equinox 2012 February 21 March 6
Beltane 2012 April 3 April 17
Summer Solstice 2012 May 23 June 6
Lughnasad 2012 July 4 July 18
Fall Equinox 2012 August 23 September 6
Samhain 2012 October 3 October 17
Submission deadlines are 4 weeks before the Sabbats and publication dates are 2 weeks before the Sabbats.